tony soprano's bike mechanic

Chicago’s late-night talk show isn’t that late — and it’s very local. blockclubchi.co/3IPEY69

friendly reminder from an energy pal (me): stop using generative AI!

tech is rolling back climate goals to make room for data centers & do anything they can to extract the energy needed. if there's a storm outage, chat gpt gets the juice before the literal house you live in with your loved ones

Easily.

It's going to get worse. People are already fairly bad at identifying law enforcement, security guards, etc.

We are doing our best to verify reports as we see them. There's a reason we've been fairly quiet—because there's nothing of importance to share at this time.

Already there are wannabe local influencers here in Chicago making all-caps posts about ICE raids in neighborhood Facebook groups because their friend saw an unmarked cop car somewhere and they consider that evidence enough to growth-hack off of people's fear. Listen to trusted orgs, not randos.

If you do this, you fucking suck.

learning today how many people are unfamiliar with VPNs

Lucy Dacus Performs “Ankles” For The First Time On 'The Tonight Show': Watch Lucy Dacus is famous now. When she released her last solo album, 2021’s very good Home Video, Dacus was a hugely acclaimed indie singer-songwriter, but acclaim and fame are two different things. After...

Watch Lucy Dacus perform her new single "Ankles" for the first time on the @jimmyfallon.bsky.social show

Chicago welcomes immigrants—and little libraries.

everytime it snows in chicago, i document it like i have never seen snow in my life. i literally been in the midwest my whole life. it's just so beautiful you have to romanticize winter to survive

holiday decore is funny to me because so much of it is like romanticizing dense urban cities. like you don't have to dream about it, it can be real!

Getting ready for the weekend? Thank a union.

Good time to remind folks of this Jon Stewart quote: “If you don’t stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.”

blue sky rn feels like when you arrive too early at a party and you have to chat with your friend's coworker

Doctor: congrats on the baby! What are you going to name him

Newt Gingrich’s mom: newt Gingrich

The United States has oligarchs now.
Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.

The city follows the same nonsensical pattern for CPD's overtime budget.

2022 budget: $100m | Actual: $192m
2023 budget: $100m | Actual: $282m ‼️
2024 budget: $100m | Actual: $129m (just thru June)
2025 budget: $100m

No attempt to align these budgets with reality—or to align reality to the budget.

ComEd lured TikTok historian out of safe union job, then fired him Popular Chicago historian Shermann Dilla Thomas had a six-figure day job at ComEd; then he took the CEO's suggestion and ended up canned.

Popular Chicago historian Shermann Dilla Thomas had a six-figure, safe union day job at ComEd — then he took the CEO’s suggestion and ended up canned.

From @neilsteinberg.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

CWB Chicago account on Blue sky, 360 followers

FYI: this account is a "news" publication that amplifies racist narratives about urban crime. Their fans on the other app include neo-Nazis and other right-wing provocateurs. CPD has long provided them reports and materials in advance of other media to bolster their own copaganda.

i just complained about this. i am a huge draft girl. guess i gotta let them rip

how long did it take other people to be able to read for fun after grad school, asking for a friend

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